Ex-Mrs. America Scammed Macy's Out of $5,000: Cops

Ex-Mrs. America Scammed Macy's Out of $5,000: Cops

A former Mrs. America has been charged with swindling Macy's out of $5,000, prosecutors say.

Jennifer Kline, who was crowned Mrs. America 1989, has been charged with scamming $5,000 from Macy’s locations in her home state of Minnesota by putting tags from recently purchased clothes on old garments.

According a statement from the Hennepin County Attorney, a Macy's asset protection detective reported that Kline, 50, purchased $2,884 worth of designer clothes from a location in the town of Southdale.